Atlanta courthouse killer avoids death penalty

$3 million-plus to prosecute the guiltiest son-of-a-bitch in history, and they still don't get a death sentence. Outstanding use of resources.
http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/atlanta/stories/2008/12/12/brian_nichols_tape.html?cxntlid=homepage_tab_newstab

I knew on March 12, 2005, when he walked out of that building and didn't get shot, that this was the way it was going to go. I was so hoping he'd have a gun drawn so the cops wouldn't play around with him, because I didn't want to pay for his trial and I didn't want to pay for the rest of his sorry life. Now, I'm on the hook for both. His time, while confined, will be easy. Dude killed a cop, a judge and a federal agent. He'll be everybody's best friend in the pen.

I knew on March 12, 2005, when he walked out of that building and didn't get shot, that this was the way it was going to go. I was so hoping he'd have a gun drawn so the cops wouldn't play around with him, because I didn't want to pay for his trial and I didn't want to pay for the rest of his sorry life. Now, I'm on the hook for both. His time, while confined, will be easy. Dude killed a cop, a judge and a federal agent. He'll be everybody's best friend in the pen.

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Actually, the end of the AJC story said it's possible he'll serve his time at the federal Supermax facility in Colorado, for which he's eligible because of the federal agent. 23 hours a day in solitary, an hour of solitary exercise. Basically no human contact at all. And that would be the case even if he stayed in state prison, because he's a flight risk.

I knew on March 12, 2005, when he walked out of that building and didn't get shot, that this was the way it was going to go. I was so hoping he'd have a gun drawn so the cops wouldn't play around with him, because I didn't want to pay for his trial and I didn't want to pay for the rest of his sorry life. Now, I'm on the hook for both. His time, while confined, will be easy. Dude killed a cop, a judge and a federal agent. He'll be everybody's best friend in the pen.

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Actually, the end of the AJC story said it's possible he'll serve his time at the federal Supermax facility in Colorado, for which he's eligible because of the federal agent. 23 hours a day in solitary, an hour of solitary exercise. Basically no human contact at all. And that would be the case even if he stayed in state prison, because he's a flight risk.

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Don't see how he'd go to Supermax since he was convicted in state court, not federal.

I knew on March 12, 2005, when he walked out of that building and didn't get shot, that this was the way it was going to go. I was so hoping he'd have a gun drawn so the cops wouldn't play around with him, because I didn't want to pay for his trial and I didn't want to pay for the rest of his sorry life. Now, I'm on the hook for both. His time, while confined, will be easy. Dude killed a cop, a judge and a federal agent. He'll be everybody's best friend in the pen.

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Actually, the end of the AJC story said it's possible he'll serve his time at the federal Supermax facility in Colorado, for which he's eligible because of the federal agent. 23 hours a day in solitary, an hour of solitary exercise. Basically no human contact at all. And that would be the case even if he stayed in state prison, because he's a flight risk.

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Well, that makes me feel marginally better. Still wish he'd given the cops a reason to shoot him.

The judge sending him to state prison prevents him from having to go to ADX Florence. Prior to trial, he offered to plead guilty in exchange for a life sentence. Another example of what a fiscal joke the death penalty in this country is.